Sport and its female fans / edited by Kim Toffoletti and Peter Mewett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Toffoletti, Kim.

Mewett, Peter.

Series:

Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports spectators.

Women--Social life and customs.

Women.

Sports--Sociological aspects.

Sports.

Gender identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Why do women follow sports? How do they participate from the sidelines and what is the significance of this contribution? What can female fandom tell us about gender relations in sport? This book explores these and related questions by bringing together the varied strands of research being conducted internationally across the social sciences and humanities on this emerging and topical field.While sports spectatorship is a popular and well-respected site of analysis, no book-length, scholarly contribution documents womens experiences of sports fandom. For this reason, there is an obvious need for a book that offers researchers, students and non-professional readers an authoritative introduction to womens modes of sport support. Sport and Its Female Fans will be a landmark contribution in the field of sport research and in studies of sports fandom, making an original contribution to the growing, yet under-researched, area of female sports spectators"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Cover; Sport and Its Female Fans; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Stoic Observers or Fanatic Fans? Women Ice Hockey Spectators in 1930s North America; 2 The Ladies Stand; 3 'Forever Ultras': Female Football Support in Italy; 4 Women Fans of the Rodeo: Circuit Friends, Helpmates and Buckle Bunnies; 5 The Meaning of Sport in the Lives of 'Hot' and 'Cool' Female Fans of Football and Rugby Union; 6 "Oh Yes, He Is Hot": Female Football Fans and the Sexual Objectification of Sportsmen's Bodies

7 Fantasy, Fun and Identity Construction Among Female Fans of Rugby Union8 Reading the Commodified Female Sports Fan: Interrogating Strategic Dirt and Characterization in Commercial Narratives; 9 How Do Women Talk Sports? Women Sports Fans in a Blog Community; 10 Empowerment Through Sport? Female Fans, Women's Sport, and the Construction of Gendered Fandom; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-23483-7

1-283-70952-X

0-203-10138-3

1-136-23484-5

9780203101384

OCLC:

818114679